get_capital_allocation_profile
Capital Allocation Profile
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Get a multi-year capital allocation breakdown for a US public company. Shows how management deploys cash across all six categories — capex, R&D, M&A, dividends, buybacks, and debt — plus pre-computed deployment ratios (% of operating cash flow) and over-distribution flags. Use this tool when the user asks: how does a company allocate capital, what's the buyback-vs-dividend mix, is the company over-distributing, is growth funded by R&D or M&A, what's the cash-return-ratio trend, or any 'where does the money go' question — including owner-earnings (Buffett-style) and reinvestment-rate (Damodaran-style) analysis. Data sourced from annual 10-K filings; PIT-safe via as_of_date. R&D is included as a deployment category (the primary growth-reinvestment vehicle for knowledge-economy firms), but since it's already deducted before operating cash flow, rd_pct_ocf is INFORMATIONAL and total_deployment_pct_ocf EXCLUDES R&D to preserve the cash-flow identity (OCF = capex + M&A + dividends + buybacks + debt repayment + Δcash). The flags object carries pre-computed booleans: buybacks_exceed_fcf, total_returns_exceed_fcf (buybacks + dividends > FCF), and debt_funded_distribution (over-distribution funded by leverage vs cash). Available on all plans.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ticker | string | yes | Stock ticker symbol, e.g. AAPL, MSFT — or a CIK (SEC identifier), e.g. '0000320193'. |
| lookback_years | integer | no | Number of fiscal years to look back from the most recent filing (1–20). Defaults to 5 years for a full capital allocation cycle. |
| as_of_date | string | no | Point-in-time date (YYYY-MM-DD). Only returns facts with accepted_at on or before this date — eliminates look-ahead bias. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 10,
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9.\\-]+$",
"description": "Stock ticker symbol, e.g. AAPL, MSFT — or a CIK (SEC identifier), e.g. '0000320193'."
},
"lookback_years": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"default": 5,
"description": "Number of fiscal years to look back from the most recent filing (1–20). Defaults to 5 years for a full capital allocation cycle."
},
"as_of_date": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "Point-in-time date (YYYY-MM-DD). Only returns facts with accepted_at on or before this date — eliminates look-ahead bias."
}
},
"required": [
"ticker"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}